(Closed) Lately been taking birth control REALLY irregularly….oops.

I have no good excuse. Usually I would take it the exact same time every day and I had an alarm on my cell to make sure.

When I was on vacation this August, my schedule was so different. Sometimes we were at the beach or swimming and I was so distracted cause we were running around all the time. So for around a month, I’ve been either taking them at different times each day, or having to take 2 the next day when I would forget it one day, etc…It’s been SUPER irregular.

Is this cause for concern? I’m probably going to use a second form of birth control for a month, just to be safe.

What do you bees think? Does the irregularity really make a big difference? What have your doctors told you about it?

I would look into an alternate method. I have a hard time taking a pill every day let alone at the same time so I can understand. The shot did not work for me in that I gained weight. But I do hear good things about the ring.

@Evie19: I’ve found over the years that if I take it before I go to bed, that it’s the only time I will actually remember to take it! The time varies a little bit every day, but I have hardly ever forgotten to take it. Maybe just switching the time of day you take yours will help?

@Evie19: I was on the ring for a year and really liked it. Didn’t really have any side effects and got used to it pretty quick. AND it was so nice to put it in and NOT think about it for 21 days.. take it out.. and then put in a new one 7 days later. I could never keep up with taking the pill AND they made me super nauseous EVERY mth so yea… ring was so for me! =)